Q: NEWBIE DBA: Upgrades. DEC Alpha OpenVMS V7.0 to 7.1

Here's a crunch question.

I haven't done an upgrade before; or at least not since version 5 on a Unix box, years ago, so this counts as a first time.

We have a DEC Alpha machine, OpenVMS 6.1 running V7.0.16

I have been putting off the upgrade to V7.1.3 for ages.

What do I do??

How much of the saveset do I load?

How do I make sure I do not overwrite my current database?

How do I run my Test DB in the new version while keeping the production on the old version?

I have so many questions that those will do to start.

It may be easier to reply by email to save gumming up this group, but I don't mind either way.

Thanks in advance,

Pete

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